JUNE 2026 | WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OPENS IN A 90% BUDDHIST NATION?
In Myanmar, a generation is growing up without the Gospel. One school is changing that — one family at a time.
In Myanmar, our Empower International School (EIS) completed its first year, received government approval, and is already changing students from the inside out. That approval, in a nation where Christianity is a distinct minority, is no small thing. It is a door.
The goal was never simply to educate. The vision behind EIS is to raise a generation of Christ-following leaders, equipped and willing to stand up and lead their nation with faith in God, hope for the future, and the love of Christ woven into everything they do.
“We wanted our son to grow up in an environment where Christ is at the center,” one parent said.
That is exactly what EIS was built to be.
Inside the school, the culture is distinctive from the first hour of every day. When a student struggles, the process does not begin with punishment. It begins with prayer. “We pray for the students first,” the principal explained. “Then we talk. Then we help them understand.”
Over time, that kind of environment changes people.
One student arrived disengaged, addicted to video games, and resistant to school. He has grown up Buddhist. But somewhere inside these walls, something shifted. He began waking up early. He became eager. And he told his mother: “I believe in Jesus. I don’t want to go to the monastery anymore.”
His mother wept at a parent-teacher conference.
This is what the principal means when she says: “They are not lacking ability. They are lacking purpose. If they receive the Gospel in their lives, they will find it.”
As students encounter the Gospel inside these walls, something shifts. They carry it home. And families begin to reconsider everything they have believed.
It is into this landscape that Empower International School was born.
Sources: Joshua Project, Open Doors World Watch List 2025, Myanmar Government Census 2024, Bible Society of Myanmar, Operation Mobilization
Doubling the Impact. Strengthening the Infrastructure.
Inside the Expansion
Year Two begins this month. More families are asking to enroll than there is currently space to accommodate.
Many of the improvements and expansion initiatives are already underway. The facility is being expanded. Road and bridge access is being improved to handle increased traffic. Additional staff are being hired. Curriculum is being funded. The total needed to complete it all is $110,000.
Total — $110,000
The immediate goal is to double enrollment. The longer vision is a continually enlarging school that functions as a community-impacting center reaching not just children but their families and the neighborhoods around them. Sports outreach is part of that plan, opening doors to families who might never otherwise step onto the campus.
You can be a part of seeing this through.
Strengthening the Leaders Who Carry the Work
This month, World Compassion is hosting leadership summits for more than 300 pastors and leaders from both Myanmar and China. These are frontline leaders, many serving at significant personal risk. The summits refresh them, strengthen relationships, and align strategy for the season ahead.
In addition to this for the first time, hundreds of ABC discipleship students from churches across Myanmar will also gather together at the first ABC Student Summit. These are the same students who will one day lead the Church in their nation.
When leaders are strengthened, the Church grows. When students are equipped, disciples multiply.
The Opportunity Is Here. The Need Is Clear.
Thank you for your continued partnership and support.
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